金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 演奏 yǎn zòu to perform on a musical instrument syn 得分 dé fēn to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score / rating / grade 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 分数 分數 fēn shù (exam) grade / mark / score / fraction syn 乐器 樂器 yuè qì musical instrument / CL:件[jian4] syn 比分 bǐ fēn score (of a game or competition) 取胜 取勝 qǔ shèng to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents syn 弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 进球 進球 jìn qiú to score a goal / goal (sport) 破门 破門 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) 乐曲 樂曲 yuè qǔ musical composition syn 记分 記分 jì fēn to keep score 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 进行曲 進行曲 jìn xíng qǔ march (musical) 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box syn 四重奏 sì chóng zòu quartet (musical ensemble) 计分 計分 jì fēn to calculate the score 音阶 音階 yīn jiē musical scale 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 高发 高發 gāo fā (of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence / (old) to score highly in the imperial exams 投中 tóu zhòng to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score syn 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment / to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score 谱子 譜子 pǔ zi musical score syn 扳平 bān píng to equalize / to level the score / to pull back the advantage syn 总分 總分 zǒng fēn overall score / total points 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 分数线 分數線 fēn shù xiàn horizontal line (in a fraction) / minimum passing score 入球 rù qiú to score a goal / goal 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn 调式 調式 diào shì (musical) mode 丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 扬琴 揚琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) syn 原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) 高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score 背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting 绝杀 絕殺 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point 攻入 gōng rù to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport) 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 三度 sān dù third (musical interval) 反超 fǎn chāo to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 录取线 錄取線 lù qǔ xiàn minimum passing score for admission 调音 調音 tiáo yīn to tune (a musical instrument) 重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 三重奏 sān chóng zòu trio (musical ensemble) 报怨 報怨 bào yuàn to pay back a score / to get revenge / to requite / (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4] 乐句 樂句 yuè jù musical phrase 杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy 关汉卿 關漢卿 guān hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家 及格线 及格線 jí gé xiàn passing line or score (in an examination) 追 duī to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 尺 chě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 弦 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] syn 箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn 心里有数 心裡有數 xīn lǐ yǒu shù to know the score (idiom) / to be well aware of the situation 三角铁 三角鐵 sān jiǎo tiě triangle (musical instrument) / angle iron syn 籁 籟 lài a sound / a noise / musical pipe with 3 reeds syn 马致远 馬緻遠 mǎ zhì yuǎn Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1] 竖笛 豎笛 shù dí recorder (musical instrument) / (Tw) clarinet 总谱 總譜 zǒng pǔ musical score 铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum 八音盒 bā yīn hé musical box syn 直笛 zhí dí (Tw) recorder (musical instrument) 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 高山流水 gāo shān liú shuǐ fig. intimate and understanding friend / sublime musical composition 触地得分 觸地得分 chù dì dé fēn to score a try (sports) / to score a touchdown 工尺谱 工尺譜 gōng chě pǔ traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes 报分 報分 bào fēn call the score 楬 jié a peg / tally / score 满点 滿點 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) 背榜 bēi bǎng to score last in an examination 记谱 記譜 jì pǔ to notate music / to write a score 读谱 讀譜 dú pǔ to read a score / to read music 负分 負分 fù fēn negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-) 高分低能 gāo fēn dī néng high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test) syn z记分 z記分 z-score 出口气 出口氣 chū kǒu qì to take one's revenge / to score off sb 临门一脚 臨門一腳 lín mén yī jiǎo to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth 吃鸭蛋 吃鴨蛋 chī yā dàn (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc) 做球 zuò qiú to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game 